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- Jan 24, 2012 1:19 pm GMTI understand they want to make some additional money with the DLC, that's ok. But while other games at least offer some free DLC, not only does this game not offer any free DLC, no, the whole bunch of it is FIFTY FREAKING DOLLARS all in all!?
What. The. Hell.
They can't expect us to pay the price for one brand new game (or several older ones, and let's face it, D3 is dated now, so the damn DLC price should be going down as well!) just on DLC alone?
This is totally insane and in my opinion nobody should support those prices.
If all of the DLC together was like 20$ I'd say ok, might be worth it then. But 50$ is just way too overpriced. This makes me really angry at whoever made those (delusional) prices. I wish I could get back at those people other than just not buying the DLC and punishing myself as well that way. - Jan 24, 2012 3:37 pm GMTYou know what the cool thing is?
You don't have to buy any of it. - Jan 24, 2012 3:45 pm GMTThat's not the point. DLC being optional doesn't justify those prices.
- Jan 24, 2012 4:15 pm GMTIts completely justifiable. The game has been out for around 4 years now.
Again, no one is holding a gun to your head and demanding that you buy the game. NIS put out a decent amount of DLC, and none of it short of the Raspberyl mode DLC will fundamentally change how you play the game.
If you want the DLC, buy the pieces that appeal to you the most. Most of the DLC is pretty much useless. - Jan 24, 2012 5:20 pm GMTSo if you call it useless how can you at the same time call the price justifiable? You are contradicting yourself.
You don't even seem to understand my problem. I bet you always buy everything at the price that is given to you, huh? - Jan 24, 2012 5:48 pm GMTDLC is 'novelty'. You pay for the novelty, so it is useless unless you enjoy the novelty.
Your entire post reeks of entitlement issues, dudeski. DLC prices most likely will never change for D3, and complaining about the price on gamefaqs of all places will get you nothing short of people agreeing with you.
Do you like the novelty? Do you want characters from old NIS games in your party for whatever reason? Then you buy it. Otherwise, you're just venting because the DLC is expensive and you're looking for people to justify and validate you being angry.
?_? You need to relax. The DLC won't be the end of the world, so don't buy it if you think it is overpriced. People who don't care about the price will buy it because they can afford it or they don't care. - Jan 24, 2012 6:00 pm GMT"Absence of Justice" seems to be a very fitting title for this game.
DLC is nothing more than additional content. And at least without some of it, the game does not feel quite "complete" to me. Yet if you measure the value of that content by comparing it to the main game, you can clearly see how overpriced that additional content is. And I don't think that is fair. I clearly do have a point here.
Why are you defending those prices? Do you work for NIS or something? NIS probably would make the same amount of money if they lowered the prices so that more people would buy. - Jan 25, 2012 9:03 am GMTNogaham posted...
"Absence of Justice" seems to be a very fitting title for this game.
DLC is nothing more than additional content. And at least without some of it, the game does not feel quite "complete" to me. Yet if you measure the value of that content by comparing it to the main game, you can clearly see how overpriced that additional content is. And I don't think that is fair. I clearly do have a point here.
Why are you defending those prices? Do you work for NIS or something? NIS probably would make the same amount of money if they lowered the prices so that more people would buy.
$50 is the discounted price. Prior to the bundle being put up, buying all the DLC separately came to about $67. - Jan 26, 2012 9:15 am GMTso the damn DLC price should be going down as well!
Do you think they have a crack team of experts working around the clock trying to figure out how to max out profits from DLC on a four year old niche market game?
Making the package and setting the price at 50$ was probably the last they thought about it. - Jan 29, 2012 3:23 pm GMTI'm in the same position, and I agree it sucks. I envy anyone who can blow $50 or $67 on DLC without thinking twice of it :/ If you're planning on getting a Vita, you could wait for Absence of Detention; I understand it's going to include all the DLC for free. Other than that, I don't know what to tell you except to email NISA. Who knows, maybe they plan to mark it down or eventually make it free.
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"There is nothing sad about being of a fragile race." -Diana, Legend of Mana - Jan 29, 2012 4:04 pm GMTQuit complaining, TC. The DLC for this game is excellent (actually, it's almost a better effort than the actual game). Like others have said, you don't need any of the DLC but they did such a great job rolling it out that there's really nothing much to complain about.
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WALK OF SHAME -- My name is Roy Williams and I just made my team take the walk of shame in 30 seconds or less. - Jan 30, 2012 11:55 am GMTI think I have every right to complain about too high prices. I didn't say the actual content was bad.
- Jan 30, 2012 4:31 pm GMTPricing is based on what people will pay. Don't buy it and maybe it will come down. Until then, blah blah blah.
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This guy is not what he pretends to be. He's the Devil. - Jan 31, 2012 6:56 am GMTPricing is based on what people will pay.
DLC isn't like a real product. You don't have to manage the stock. NIS has both infinite supply and zero overhead. At this point it wouldn't cost them anything to give it away for free, but it also costs them nothing to leave the price where it is. The advantage of leaving the price high is that it doesn't devalue their other products.
D3 Vita is going to cost less than the DLC. That is a selling point that has been mentioned more than once. Knowing DLC prices won't drop might make people more willing to buy DLC as it is released rather than wait 5 years hoping for a bargain. NIS only needs to worry about keeping the customers that pre-order happy, catering to the whims of someone who found a copy in a bargain bin isn't their first priority. - Feb 2, 2012 8:11 am GMTso their expansive and their good i cant say much about it.
but as far as i know the prices seem half decent but still on the expansive side considering their just additional characters there are just a handfull of dlc that are actually changing gameplay so as far as you go the price is expansive... but whatcha expect they go through the trouble to redesign each character to fit into Disgaea 3
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i know your way towards destruction - Feb 7, 2012 1:05 pm GMTThe DLC, is certainly insane. Let's say for example a person bought the game new for 40-60 dollars, by the time all the DLC was released. It's as if you are buying the game twice just to have the additional characters... It's madness. Charging 1.99+ for an individual character. Downloadable Content (DLC) is ruining this generation.
Any game companies (likely the smaller ones) that make the game and already INCLUDE EVERYTHING, no DLC, are awesome. With various games, delaying the game for a month or two, pushing back the release date just to include the DLC itself into the price of the game... If a company outright said, "We're going to delay the upcoming 'game x' so that you get more content, but without any additional price of the DLC."
Well, that company would easily get my support and thus would look more badass than other companies like Capcom which charges for costume packs and maybe one or two additional characters for some of there fighting games that they re-release 3 times in a row.... Oh wait, they are improved versions of the original you say? but you got rid of "content x" in favor of "content y" and charge another 40+ dollars for what is essentially the same exact game, but with a few more characters, and costumes? Chances are it's a marketing tactic, like they already have these additional characters made, but then delay gratification, holding back just to get more money from our wallets. Capcom was a once great game company... In the most recent of years, they've made several bad moves to upset the fans. Especially with Mega Man.
The point is, DLC shouldn't cost an arm and a leg, it should at the very least, be a fraction of the original pricing of the game. Also, what's with PSN icons costing 50 cents up to a couple bucks just for one single tiny picture? Additional Madness and trolling I say!
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An awesome gaming youtube channel! - Feb 12, 2012 6:01 pm GMTIf you can't afford the DLC, maybe buying video games isn't something you should be doing. Seriously, it's only $50, don't cry about it. Unless of course your parents are buying all your games for you, then cry to them.
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- Feb 20, 2012 11:56 am GMTThe DLC costing so much is due to Nippon Ichi not being a huge seller in America, so they boost their profit with the DLC.
That said, until last year you could buy the DLC characters separately, and they weren`t expensive on their own. The huge dick move from NISA was removing all the separate DLC items and leaving new players to buy "all or nothing" in the form of the complete DLC pack, and yoou can`t deny that a lot of the DLC characters are plain filler.
Oh, and about "gee it`s only 50 dollars, can`t you buy it, poor***?" stance I`m seeing there. It`s not even about the price. It`s the fact that most of the DLC is already on the disc, most of the sprites were just recycled from the older games, Raspberyl Mode is just a lame excuse to sell a character that is already in the game, two lame items and one new skill for Kyoko, Asuka, Salvatore and Big Star and as previously said, forcing you to buy a lot of filler (Taro, Hanako, Tink, Kogure, Jennifer, Thursday, Marjoly), and even charging more on other characters under the excuse of "new game modes".
That is a dick move, and you`re riding said dick if you defend it. I bought the DLC pack alright and I can say this because I know what you`re getting.
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Pokemon Heart Gold, Disgaea 4, Final Fantasy Tactics - Feb 20, 2012 8:50 pm GMTRaqibMarvelous posted...
If you can't afford the DLC, maybe buying video games isn't something you should be doing. Seriously, it's only $50, don't cry about it. Unless of course your parents are buying all your games for you, then cry to them.
It's only 50$ for DLC for one game. Add up all the games the people tend to want to buy if they enjoy this game and their DLC costs and you'll see why people complain. It's really a lot. And additional DLC should not cost as much or more than the actual game. A lot of places online sell the game for as low as 15$ and some retail stores only go as high as 40$. Why is additional content 25% higher than the highest amount you'd have to pay for the main game which gives you more playtime in comparison?
I have the money to pay for DLC for games, but that doesn't mean I agree I should be charged ridiculous prices for content, that in many cases, should be a part of the game to begin with.
So no it's not about people just being "too poor" to play video games. It's about DLC being overpriced for no reason.
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